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At Scranton Library Tuesday: Frida Kahlo And The Women Of Surrealism
Learn about how the celebrated Mexican artist revolutionized the male-dominated Surrealist Movement with her distinctive personal aesthetic.
MADISON, CT — Only at the Scranton.
Tuesday, art historian Bernadine Franco will discuss how renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo revolutionized the male-dominated Surrealist Movement with her distinctive personal aesthetic and visual iconography. The presentation at the library is set for 6:30 p.m.
Franco will also explore Kahlo’s influence on 20th-century female surrealist painters working in Mexico at the time, including Remedios Varo from Spain and British-born painter and novelist Leonora Carrington.
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Participants will learn about embedded symbolism and the female experience revealed through the works and practice of these celebrated women artists.
An optional free companion tour will take place at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Saturday, Sept. 24 at 4 pm.
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